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Books › "Genres & Styles - Rock"
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The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock (Cambridge Companions to Music)
by Simon Frith, Will Straw, and John Street
(Paperback - 16 Aug 2001) |
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| Excerpt - page 109: "same time, no style or performer is automatically entitled to the `rock' mantle, since rock culture has also been defined historically by its processes ... " |
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How the Beatles Destroyed Rock n Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music
by Elijah Wald
(Hardcover - 27 Aug 2009) |
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| Excerpt - page 80: "find studies of their genre that give at best a cursory nod to their black con- temporaries, who are usually filed separately in the "soul" category. This ... jazz and rock history have been written: Most people continue to accept the idea that the later white rock style was its own genre" |
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Studying Popular Music
by Richard Middleton
(Paperback - 1 April 1990) |
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| Excerpt - page 232: " ... Public Image Ltd. paradox. Style connotations. These are the associations summoned up by coding at the general level of style: rock 'n' roll means teds, jiving ... " |
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Mods, Rockers, and the Music of the British Invasion
by James E. Perone
(Hardcover - 30 Nov 2008) |
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| Excerpt - page 9: " ... before the supposed invention of the merger of American folk with British Invasion-style rock in the Byrds' 1965 hit "Mr. Tambourine Man." While it is difficult ... " |
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On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word
by Simon Frith and Andrew Goodwin
(Paperback - 12 Jul 1990) |
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| Excerpt - page 92: "Lawrence Grossberg IS THERE ROCK AFTER PUNK? 1986 I want to talk-sympathetically-about the current situation of rock and roll in the United States. To understand its ... " |
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The Space Between the Notes: Rock and the Counter-culture
by Sheila Whiteley
(Paperback - 9 April 1992) |
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| Excerpt - page 3: "10 In reality, however, progressive rock was a particularly heterogeneous genre and while the variety of musical styles may have reflected the variety of radical movements and concerns ... " |
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Art of Modern Rock
by Paul Grushkin and Dennis King
(Hardcover - 29 Oct 2004) |
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| Excerpt - page 228: " ... step on the highway to hell. Laying such a heavy burden at the feet of a musical style has backfired. Even young children are quick to realize the value of a blanket ... " |
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The Music of Joni Mitchell
by Lloyd Whitesell
(Paperback - 28 Aug 2008) |
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| Excerpt - page 10: " ... construction and lead to a more precise grasp of technical innovations and the idiosyncrasies of an original style. Analysis need not alienate listeners from the music they love ... " |
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